Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Putting the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, this title provides an assessment of their character and development. It examines the underlying assumptions of these systems and how the processes of globalization are impacting on them. There is also a comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states. Editor(s): Walker, Alan; Wong, Chack-kie. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HRKN1; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345523
- ISBN
- 9781861345523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.91
€ 40.99
€ 37.91
Hardback. In the study of civil society and social movements, most cases are based in Western Europe and North America. This is the first edited book examining social movements in East Asia and it provides a direct contrast to books focused on Western social movements. Editor(s): Broadbent, Jeffrey; Brockman, Vicky. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 530 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFF; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387096254
- ISBN
- 9780387096254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.96
€ 241.96
Paperback. Includes chapters that address the diversity and variety of everyday sexual lives and sexual politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. This book highlights the gendered and sexual consequences of globalization and rapid social change. It describes the local situations in which women's sexual lives are lived. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Liu, Jieyu; Woo, Ms Juhyun. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 102 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778890
- ISBN
- 9781842778890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. East Asian cinema is a growing industry, producing films popular all over the world. This book gives an account of East Asian cinema, its successes and challenges. It also examines how local production has responded to global trends and explores the effects of widespread de-regulation and China's accession to the World Trade Organisation. Series: International Screen Industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844571802
- ISBN
- 9781844571802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.56€ 94.57
€ 106.56
€ 94.57
Paperback. East Asian cinema is a growing industry, producing films popular all over the world. This book gives an account of East Asian cinema, its successes and challenges. It also examines how local production has responded to global trends and explores the effects of widespread de-regulation and China's accession to the World Trade Organisation. Series: International Screen Industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844571819
- ISBN
- 9781844571819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.66
€ 44.99
€ 36.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Lin, Xiaodong; Haywood, Chris; Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSL3; JMG; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 245 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556332
- ISBN
- 9781137556332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.52
€ 129.52
Paperback. Many stars from China, Japan and Korea are the most popular and instantly recognizable in the world. East Asian Film Stars brings together some of the world's leading cinema scholars to offer their insights into the work of regional and transnational screen legends, contemporary superstars and mysterious cult personas. Editor(s): Wing-Fai, Leung; Willis, A. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; AS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440054
- ISBN
- 9781349440054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and important contribution to existing scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Lee, Vivian P. Y. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; APFA; APFN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230277670
- ISBN
- 9780230277670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. "This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and important contribution to existing scholarship in the field"-- Editor(s): Lee, V. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325597
- ISBN
- 9781349325597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Shuk-Ting Kinnia, Yau. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349297702
- ISBN
- 9781349297702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. This is a discussion of the contribution and effects of East Asian art on American culture. The author portrays the assembling of the great American collections of East Asian art and explains how this art became part of the cultural consciousness of the people of the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; ACBP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076449
- ISBN
- 9780231076449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.19€ 77.94
€ 104.19
€ 77.94
Hardback. A convenient and broad-based reference source to the significant books on Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Lists scholarly and some general books in the humanities and social sciences written in English, French, Italian, and German published since 1960. Series: The Scarecrow Area Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GBCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830905
- ISBN
- 9780810830905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.15
€ 156.15
Paperback. Hip hop music that empowers and engages youth in East Africa Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGT; 1HFGU; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076534
- ISBN
- 9780252076534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.79
€ 23.99
€ 23.79
Hardcover. Editor(s): D'Amico, Sebastiano. Series: Springer Natural Hazards. Num Pages: 706 pages, 101 black & white illustrations, 247 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; KCN; RBGD; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319217529
- ISBN
- 9783319217529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.90
€ 174.90
Hardcover. Editor(s): Carmichael, Melanie A. Num Pages: 337 pages, tables, graphs, charts, diagrams, maps. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617286599
- ISBN
- 9781617286599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 367.03€ 244.19
€ 367.03
€ 244.19
Hardcover. Editor(s): Falchin, Irene M. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614704478
- ISBN
- 9781614704478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.12€ 113.56
€ 168.12
€ 113.56
Hardback. Contains presentations made at the Second International Conference on Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction held in Yerevan, Armenia, on 14-21 September 1998. This book is suitable for seismologists, geophysicists, earth scientists, engineers, architects, and psychologists interested in earthquake hazard and seismic risk research. Editor(s): Balassanian, Serguei; Cisternas, Armando; Melkumyan, Mikael. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 447 pages, 314 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363903
- ISBN
- 9780792363903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.40
€ 183.40
paperback. Earthcare brings together Merchan'ts existing work on the topic of women and the environment as well as updated and new essays. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415908887
- ISBN
- 9780415908887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.30
€ 62.30
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905047802
- ISBN
- 9781905047802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759908
- ISBN
- 9781894759908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.69
€ 15.99
€ 11.69